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Brinkerhoff, Donald Carl, 1930-
Don Brinkerhoff of Lifescapes International designed features of Las Vegas casinos such as the Mirage volcano, the Bellagio conservatory, the Wynn Las Vegas mountain, the Encore Casino gardens, and the surroundings of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip. He grew up in the southern California suburb of El Monte.
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Murphy, Franklin M., 1898-1957
Consulting geologist and surveyor Franklin Mac Murphy was born on December 27, 1898 in Wheaton, Minnesota. He studied at Columbia University, the University of Arizona, and the University of California, Los Angeles, completing his graduate studies in 1930 at the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, California.
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Gary Guy Wilson Architect Studios
Established in 1969 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gary Guy Wilson, AIA, Architect Studios embodies Wilson’s design philosophy and reflects local cultural characteristics. Wilson’s firm, organized into specialized studios, works on a wide variety of public projects for local and federal governments like educational facilities and government centers including buildings at both Nellis and Indian Springs Air Force airfields.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 31, 1991
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 09, 1995
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Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975
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On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.
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Architectural drawings and maps, 1943 to 1985
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The architectural drawings and maps series (1943-1985) contain projects and diagrams primarily pertaining to the planning and development of Boulder City, Nevada. The series also includes drawings from Las Vegas, Nevada, locations throughout Southern Nevada including Lake Mead, and California. Drawing types include master site plans and zoning maps for Boulder City and its subdivisions, architectural drawings for residential homes, railroad track maps, and topographic maps.
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Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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